The questionaire of postoperative pain in the patients after maxillofacial surgery / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the pain in patients during the early stages of recovery from maxillofacial surgery under general anaesthesia.Methods: One hundred patients as participants to respone the questionaire of postoperative pain 24 hours after operation. The data of pain intensity,analgesia requirement and the reason for operation of the patients were collected and analyzed. Results: Among the 100 cases, 92 with moderate or slight postoperative pain, 8 with severe pain. It is significant more severe pain (14.3%)in the group of bone fracture than that (less than 8.7%) in other groups. Conclusion: Most patients 24 h after maxillofacial surgery are with moderate and slight pain. The pain intensity relates with type of maxillofacial surgery.